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Royal Australian Mint, An Era of Coins - Medals, undated (1990), in cupro nickel and bronze (3, vendor indicates two are trial strikes), also another trial strike in cupro nickel only. Uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Sunshine Motorway, to Commemorate the Opening (Stage 1), 20 January 1990, in sterling silver (50mm; 70.56g), another identical in gilt bronze, by A.J.Parkes, both with edge number 009. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Kodak Sesqui Commemorative Medal, 1992 (6, five in gilt bronze and one in cupro nickel) (38mm), obverse, the First Fleet's Charlotte at anchor at Botany Bay in 1788, reverse, details of Charlotte's voyage and Kodak's Sesquicentenary dates, the cupro nickel issue and three gilt issues in packs have correct date 1842-1992, another has the date in error as 1984-1992, also one gilt issue without pack has the error date of 1984-1992. An interesting lot with two major die making errors, uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Kapunda Copper Mine 150th Anniversary, 1994, in copper (66mm), obverse, miner left with pick over right shoulder and sledge hammer in left hand, reverse No. 127; another, undated, in copper (64mm), obverse, two miners at work with mine buildings in background, reverse, large shovel with historical details of mine recorded thereon, at bottom, No. 127. The first with commemorative cloth bag and certificate number 0127, uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Sandhurst Antique Bottle Collectables Club, undated, award medal in bronze (51mm), obverse, knight on horseback with jousting lance, unnamed; Royal Australian Mint Coin Collector, undated, in bronze (40mm); Roger McNeice (Tas Medals) 50th Birthday Yes/No Decision Maker, 1994, in oxidised bronze (40mm); TASMEDALS Merry Christmas, 1995, in oxidised silvered (32mm); Queen Victoria Coin Centre Grand Opening, 1994, in bright gilt bronze and another in bright copper (38mm) (2), one with Free Medal compliments slip. Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Queen Victoria Coin Centre Grand Opening, 1994, in fine silver (38mm), in pack with certificate no. 10 of 50; 50th Anniversary of Numismatic Association of Victoria, 1996, in gilt bronze (38mm); The Sesquicentenary of Historic Newstead House/The Queensland Numismatic Society, 1996, in bronze (76x54mm, oval); The Matthew Flinders Bicentenary - Queensland/The Australian Numismatic Society, 1999, in oxidised silvered bronze (50mm), cased; Commemorating 100 Years of Flight/Metropolitan Coin Club, 2003, in bronze (40mm); Metropolitan Coin Club 500th General Meeting, 2003, in bronze (40mm); The Tasmanian Numismatic Society, award medal in gilt (32mm), unnamed. Uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
Royal Australian Mint, Welcome to Canberra, undated (c1996), in cupro nickel and bronze (3, vendor indicates one a trial strike), also another trial strike in copper only. The last with spot of oxidation near edge on obverse, otherwise uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Prime Ministers of Australia, undated, in 24ct gold on sterling silver (38mm) (5), includes issues for Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, John Christian Watson, George Houston Reid, and Andrew Fisher; also Australian States medals in sterling silver (44mm), includes issues for Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania. Uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $170
SOLD $100
Sterling silver medals ex sets, includes (45mm) issues for Matthew Flinders, William Dampier, John McDouall Sturt, and Capt Robert F Scott RN; also (44mm) issues for Mathew Flinders Australian Coast Surveyed, First Convict Fleet Colonising Australia, Arrival of First Fleet, and John MacArthur. Uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Australian Numismatic Society, a variety of medals in different metals and for different events, noted several (14) with coin inserts, some medals numbered, mostly in the period 2001-2014. Uncirculated except for coin inserts. (42)
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Numismatic Association of Australia Conference, 2011, in bronze (38mm), obverse features Captain Cook presenting a medal to a Tasmanian aboriginal, also Sydney Mint special collector's set of three by the ANS, set no.46 of 50, in sealed plastic panel; G Dean medallic tokens; another for Scott Douglas Canadian tokens; Sofala tourist souvenir token in bronze; Austral Bronze complimentary convex medal (37mm) marked Alloy 901; tin splashes for Australian company logos (4); replica of convict love token in The Mint & Barracks folder; convict love tokens set of two in plastic in descriptive folder; also Euro blanks (2, [25mm aluminium bronze and nickel] and [29mm copper and nickel]). Mostly uncirculated. (13 + 2 sets)
Estimate $80
Passed in
Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane, 1878-2014, tribute medal in polished high relief on gilt-frosted base (60mm), specially struck to commemorate Radiological Sciences as a Heritage medal for Clinical Radiology and Medical Imaging, obverse, Armorial Bearings of the Royal Children's Hospital Brisbane, with Hospital motto 'Healing, Teaching, Caring', reverse, standing figure of Sol holding a torch and with representation of lithium atoms to left and right of the figure, the medal was designed and commissioned by Emeritus Professor John Pearn AO as a gift of Professor John Masel AM and the Pearn family, bestowed in 2014 as a tribute to the service rendered by those all who have cared for patients of the Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane. In case of issue and a professionally printed descriptive certificate, uncirculated, one of only 10 produced and the only example available to collectors.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Sundial medal, in brass (40mm), with loop suspension, small pin attached to a chain and hole in medal to accommodate this pin, hand engraved, obverse, various numbers and indicators as well as Summer and Winter Solstice and Equinox and Lat 33 degrees 50 minutes S, reverse, numbers and Zodiac figures and marked 151degrees E, both these indicators are based on the user being located in Sydney. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Amor test strikes, all unfinished, includes Leeton Eisteddfod in brass (33mm) and another in copper; Seven Hills Dance Festival in brass (27mm) (5); City of Parramatta Eisteddfod in bronze (25mm); Sydney International Art Festival in brass (29x20mm), all uniface in various stages of production. Uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Hafner Mint sample medals, Australian Ski Federation (2, one gilt, one bronze) (hexagon 58x51mm); the following all in bronze, penny Farthing Championships Victoria (51mm); Head of the Schoolgirls Rowing Regatta (51mm), with suspension ring; the following all 48mm, Head of the River; another identical but no title; cricket medal in similar style but no title; another but for hockey; soccer without title; Australia map with kangaroo and boomerang, untitled; Melbourne Victoria; Marriage Medal examples (2) with identical obverse but different animal reverses; untitled medals with identical reverse design for naming recipient but different obverses (6, includes Koala, Emu, Lyre bird, Kookaburra, Possum, Trout); Victoria Police; military prize medals for Royal Military College, Officer Cadet School, Command and Staff College Queenscliffe; in silvered, Inter Service Colleges Athletic Medal (51mm), with suspension ring; also The Roaring Forties Club, in silvered (47mm). The last with a few small scuff marks, otherwise uncirculated. (25)
Estimate $250
SOLD $160